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Interpretation is the particular Associations one may choose, from the the myriad of possibilities available in the memory, which are associated or attached to any given present sensation, in present circumstance or present mental activity, like 'seaside' can produce any of multitudinous associations, from ocean beach to restaurant.
Automatic Association
Interpretation, as the choice of Association, is defined as either automatic or volitional selection. Associational selections are made automatically in lightning speed, which is necessary for instantaneous response to potentially life-threatening or harmful situations, such as one jumped at the sudden appearance of a snake. After the so-called heat of the moment, the Thinker may volitionally select specific associations, perhaps more appropriate to the initial response. The snake is volitionally identified as of a harmless variety, by searching the memory.
Automatic association is called habitual, and allows for all sorts of automated activity like walking, running, eating, driving or conversation simultaneously. However the associative processes of ordinary thinking can also become fairly automatic, when it might otherwise be volitional and creative. Whenever thunder was heard one always habitually associated God bowling in the sky.
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